This is tabloid reporting at best, the media feeds off the controversy they create, they throw out a few scraps of biased information, sit back and let it's readers berate and attack each other over the dribble presented to them. There's far greater value in reading a comic book than this trash.

Ah,Detroit, The Big D, The Motor City, all I can say is, "You can't polish a tur# !", but keep dreaming, we're at halftime don't you know,things are looking up, we're just starting to turn this thing around.

It never ceases to amaze me how big events like the parade bring the idiots out of the woodwork, like the group (10-12 people) of twenty five or so year olds who set up their blanket on the grass by the County Building to watch the parade. After about 20 minutes, the blanket wasn't good enough, they had to congregate about three feet right in front of my kids and I, even though the parade was the last thing they were interested in. I'm about positive that if I would have politely asked them to shift over a few feet, I would have been called every name in the book. My kids don't need to see that. The number of folk's today who have morals, common sense, and common courtesy are dwindling, just look around, it's not hard to see. Complaining?, nah, just stating a fact, I use these instances as learning tools for my children, I just point to the idiots and say, "that's NOT how to act".

Whew, you don't know how glad I was to hear Hugh say there were no homicides the last time the tournament was held here. That in itself should clearly be justification to bring this event back. I'm sure the organizers will have their hands full bringing the tournament back to one of the most violent cities in Michigan. Good Luck.

It's good to see Aretha is doing well enough to put her concert audience ahead of her dead godchilds funeral. Musicians have cancelled concerts for far less. It wasn't like there was only a couple days between the death and funeral. Maybe they werent as close as she lets on. I'm sure the concert goers would have understood the reason for cancellation.

Don't worry, It'll get better, we're at halftime, right Detroit, our best days are just ahead of us. Just like all the other trash doled up by t.v. and the media, and politicians, lie after lie after lie.

The negotiations can be summed up like this, Dow Comical - This is our last ,best, final offer (even though this would be at the onset of negotiations). Kent H. (union pres.) - we'll take it, we just have to be thankful that we are worthy enough to let Dow Comical allow us to work for them, all hail the Mighty Dow Diamond.

It is interesting that Liveris is whining about a lack of qualified, well educated candidates for employment with Dow Comical. As a former employee (retired) of Dow, It was common knowledge that entry level wages for recently graduated prospects with Engineering degrees was laughable. Chemical Process Operators with minimal schooling were making quite a bit more than Engineers. The bottom line is, if you want well educated individuals, you have to be willing to pay a respectible wage to attract and retain.

Let's see, if he would have registered as a caregiver, and had 10 "imaginary" friends, plus himself, he would almost have been legal. As far as his girlfriend saying he paid all his bills, no sh$#, with the kind of inventory he had, he probably had a little extra left to put in a 401K

All hail to the Almighty Red Diamond! Without you we would be a worthless barren land with no jobs or a reason for living. Your unequalled generousity to the community has indeed given you the right to rename this area "Great Lakes Bay Region". For this, I am going to deplete my life's savings by building a shrine of marble and gold, in your honor, to show my gratitude. As in the words of the Righteous Brothers, Red Diamond, your my reason for Laughin', for Cryin', for Livin', for Dyin' . All hail the Almighty Red Diamond !!!